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References for Leveraging covariates in regression discontinuity designs
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Further reading
- Cattaneo, M., Keele, L., and Titiunik, R. "A guide to regression discontinuity designs in medical applications." Statistics in Medicine 42:24 (2023): 4484--4513
- Cattaneo, M. D., Titiunik, R., and Vazquez-Bare, G. “The Regression Discontinuity Design.” In: Curini, L., and Franzese, R. (eds). The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations. London: SAGE Publications, 2020.
- Lee, D. S., and Lemieux, T. "Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics." Journal of Economic Literature 48:2 (2010): 281–355.
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Key references
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Abadie, A., and Cattaneo, M. "Econometric methods for program evaluation." Annual Review of Economics 10 (2018): 465–503. Key reference: [1]
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Ludwig, J., and Miller, D. L. "Does head start improve children’s life chances? evidence from a regression discontinuity design." Quarterly Journal of Economics 122:1 (2007): 159–208. Key reference: [2]
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Cattaneo, M. D., Idrobo, N., and Titiunik, R. A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations. Cambridge Elements: Quantitative and Computational Methods for Social Science, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2020.
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Cattaneo, M. D., Idrobo, N., and Titiunik, R. A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Extensions. Cambridge Elements: Quantitative and Computational Methods for Social Science, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2024. Key reference: [4]
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Cattaneo, M. D., and Titiunik, R. "Regression discontinuity designs." Annual Review of Economics 14 (2022): 821–851. Key reference: [5]
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Cattaneo, M. D., Titiunik, R., and Vazquez-Bare, G. "Comparing inference ap- proaches for RD designs: A reexamination of the effect of head start on child mortality." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 36:3 (2017): 643–681. Key reference: [6]
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Calonico, S., Cattaneo, M. D., Farrell, M. H., and Titiunik, R. "Regression discontinuity designs using covariates." Review of Economics and Statistics 101:3 (2019): 442–451. Key reference: [7]
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Cattaneo, M. D., Keele, L., and Titiunik, R. "Covariate adjustment in regression discontinuity designs." In: Small, D. S., Zubizarreta, J. R., Stuart, E. A., and Rosenbaum, P. R. (eds). Handbook of Matching and Weighting in Causal Inference. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall, 2023. Key reference: [8]
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Calonico, S., Cattaneo, M. D., Farrell, M. H., Palomba, F., and Titiunik, R. "rdhte: Conditional average treatment effects in RD designs." arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.01128, 2025. Key reference: [9]
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Hahn, J., Todd, P., and van der Klaauw, W. "Identification and estimation of treatment effects with a regression-discontinuity design." Econometrica 69:1 (2001): 201–209. Key reference: [10]
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Cattaneo, M. D., Frandsen, B., and Titiunik, R. "Randomization inference in the regression discontinuity design: An application to party advantages in the U.S. Senate." Journal of Causal Inference 3:1 (2015): 1–24. Key reference: [11]
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Calonico, S., Cattaneo, M. D., Farrell, M. H., Palomba, F., and Titiunik, R. "Treatment effect heterogeneity in regression discontinuity designs." arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.13696, 2025. Key reference: [12]
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Abadie, A., and Cattaneo, M. "Econometric methods for program evaluation." Annual Review of Economics 10 (2018): 465–503.